SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. CITY OF PORTLAND (1913)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. CITY OF PORTLAND
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: January 6, 1913
	Decided: February 24, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Charles Evans Hughes • Mahlon Pitney

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. CITY OF PORTLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1913. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. Circuit for the District of Oregon.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Oregon
Citation: 227 U.S. 559
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Rucker Lamar

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.